BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ANA ADVISORY NUMBER 16

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022009

1100 PM AST SAT AUG 15 2009

 

...ANA STILL RACING WESTWARD WITH NO SIGNS OF STRENGTHENING...

 

AT 11 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN

ISLANDS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN

ISLANDS WHICH INCLUDES MONTSERRAT... ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...

ST.KITTS...NEVIS AND ANGUILLA. AT 11 PM AST...0300 UTC...A

TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. A

TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND

ST. EUSTATIUS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM

CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36

HOURS.

 

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD

MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ANA. ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE

REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

 

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED

STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE

MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA

OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED

BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.

 

AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANA WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.5 WEST OR ABOUT 710

MILES...1140 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

 

ANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN

TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED

DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF ANA WILL BE

MOVING OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS ON MONDAY.

 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24

HOURS.

 

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM

FROM THE CENTER.

 

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

 

...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST INFORMATION...

LOCATION...14.4N 51.5W

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 17 MPH

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB

 

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER AT 200 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500

AM AST.

 

FORECASTER AVILA